We are a group of 23 sixth-graders in Fairbanks, Alaska. Our teacher asked us to each make a list of 20 things we know about Australia. We think we averaged about 14 or 15 things each. We think that we've learned a lot about Australia from watching television. These are the things we came up with:
lizards
Closer to penguins than Alaska
get a lot of rain rainforests
fig trees
swamps
closest landmass to the S. Pole
They eat kangaroos...(Eeew!)
gum trees big spiders
no snow
seasons are opposite from Alaska sunny beaches
drive on left side of the road
it is hot
they have kangaroos
poisonous snakes
koala bears
crocodiles
komodo dragons
dingoes
They speak English with a different accent than ours.
It is a country AND a continent
biggest island in the world
national flower: golden wattles
have a famous zoo
Steve Irwin killed by a stingray
didjeridoos
tasmanian devils
Outback and Great Barrier Reef
lizards
Closer to penguins than Alaska
get a lot of rainrainforests
fig trees
swamps
closest landmass to the S. Pole
They eat kangaroos...(Eeew!)
gum trees
big spiders
no snow
seasons are opposite from Alaskasunny beaches
drive on left side of the road
it is hot
they have kangaroos
poisonous snakes
koala bears
crocodiles
komodo dragonsdingoes
They speak English with a different accent than ours.
It is a country AND a continent
biggest island in the world
national flower: golden wattles
have a famous zoo
Steve Irwin killed by a stingray
didjeridoostasmanian devils
Outback and Great Barrier Reef